Subject: Re: netbsd and X
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Tribo <t1345@hopi.dtcc.edu>
List: port-macppc
Date: 04/13/2000 15:15:18
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, fission wrote:
> First, what kind of Macintosh are you using, and what kind of video card
> do you have? Are you booting from a serial console?
>
> This is the exact same messgae I get when I run startx. I am running
> NetBSD on a Performa 6400/200 with Valkyrie video - so I can't use X on it
> right now. Perhaps if I buy a new video card...
>
> --fission
It could also be that X is not grabbing your keyboard/mouse
properly, I've seen weird things on NetBSD/pmax with no mouse/kb and X.
Out of curiosity, is Valkrye (or whatever chip it is) a Brooktree
(Bt) video chip?
Chris